LSEG Foundation

Analysis

LSEG Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, LSEG Foundation reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £142k to £4.6m (+3160%), an average of +139% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 2607%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, LSEG Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Fund for Charities (£4.6m), Carers UK (£4.7m) and Community Foundation for Leeds (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.5m. Reserves of £60k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.